RIO DE JANEIRO — How far would you go for the perfect Instagram shot?
A video taken last November 2019 in Brazil is giving people the heebie jeebies after it showed a female tourist posing on the edge of a cliff – perilously close to a 3,000-foot drop.
The nerve-wracking display was taken atop Rio de Janeiro's Pedra de Gavea mountain, which the unnamed woman had to take a demanding two-and-a-half-hour hike to get to.
She managed to get to the top of what the Brazilian Tourist Board calls the world's largest coastline monolith, which is a victory in and of itself.
But you know what they say – photo or it didn't happen.
The woman did one better by having herself filmed as she shuffled her bum closer to the edge of the rock.
The dude taking the video gets her to move forward even more, and the foolishly fearless lady complies, before posing with both arms raised.
It's a cool shot for sure, but one wrong move and off the cliff you go.
Fortunately, and shockingly, the woman didn't fall off, and came away from the whole experience completely unscathed.
The internet reacted as it does, criticizing the lady for risking her life and the lives of people on the ground below, who could've been seriously hurt had she fallen.
But it's not like she's the first one to do this.
Search Pedra de Gavea on social media and you'll see a whole lotta folks risking life and limb to do exactly what this woman did.
That's just how the cookie crumbles in this Instagram-obsessed world.